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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE<br/>
<span class=large>KINGS</span><br/> COMMONLY CALLED<br/> THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 20
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Appointed unto death, Hezekiah pleads with the Lord, and his life is lengthened fifteen years—Shadow goes back ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz—Isaiah prophesies the Babylonian captivity of Judah.
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In</span> those days was <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 38: 1 (1-8).">Hezekiah</a> sick unto death.  And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt <sup>b</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Eccl. 3: 2; D&C 42: 48.">die</a>, and not live.
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Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, saying,
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I beseech thee, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done <i>that which is</i> good in thy sight.  And Hezekiah wept sore.
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And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came to him, saying,
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Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Healing.">heal</a> thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And I will add unto thy <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Time.">days</a> fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
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And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs.  And they took and laid <i>it</i> on the boil, and he recovered.
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&#182; And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What <i>shall be</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 15: 8 (7-9).">sign</a> that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> the third day?
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And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hel. 12: 14 (14-15).">shadow</a> go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
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And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Chr. 32: 24 (5-26); Isa. 38: 8.">shadow</a> to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
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And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and he brought the shadow ten degrees <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 10: 12 (12-14).">backward</a>, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
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&#182; At that time <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 39: 1.">Berodach</a>-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
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And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and <i>all</i> the house of his armour, and all that was found in his <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Treasure.">treasures</a>: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
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&#182; Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men?  and from whence came they unto thee?  And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, <i>even</i> from Babylon.
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And he said, What have they seen in thine house?  And Hezekiah answered, All <i>the things </i>that <i>are</i> in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
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And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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Behold, the days come, that all that <i>is</i> in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 24: 13 (12-14); 1 Ne. 1: 13.">carried</a> into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And of thy <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 39: 7 (3-7); Dan. 1: 3 (1-3).">sons</a> that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/18b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR officers.">eunuchs</a> in the palace of the king of Babylon.
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Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good <i>is</i> the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> which thou hast spoken.  And he said, <i>Is it</i> not <i>good,</i> if peace and truth be in my days?
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&#182; And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_kgs/20/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Chr. 32: 30; Isa. 22: 9.">pool</a>, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, <i>are</i> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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